Dr Sara Cheikh Husain is a researcher and writer specialising in Islamophobia, social justice, and human rights, with a focus on Palestinians, Muslim communities in the West, and refugees. She completed her PhD in Social Sciences at Deakin University’s Alfred Deakin Institute, supported by the UNESCO Chair for Cultural Diversity and Social Justice. Sara has published widely in leading academic journals and policy reports, co-authored A War of Words on media coverage of the Israel–Gaza war, and has a forthcoming book with Palgrave (2025): The politics of anti-Islamophobia in Australia: The case of the Muslim community organisations. She serves on the Executive of AAIMS and advises the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Anti-Racism Campaign.